"purl" Definition

Definitions for the word "purl" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
1 knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the previous stitch and passing the yarn round the back of the needle. 2 chain of minute loops decorating the edges of lace etc. v. (also absol.) Knit with a purl stitch. [origin unknown]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. v.
(of a brook etc.) Flow with a babbling sound. [imitative]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
3. slang
to spill; PURLED is a hunting and steeplechasing term synonymous with “foaled,” or “spilt” (thrown); “he’ll get PURLED at the rails.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
4. slang
a mixture of hot ale and sugar, with wormwood infused in it, a favourite morning drink to produce an appetite; sometimes with gin and spice added:— “Two penn’orth o’ PURL— Good ‘early PURL,’ ’Gin all the world To put your hair into a curl, When you feel yourself queer of a mornin’.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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